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Gonzales renews military-equipment policy after annual report shows no new acquisitions
Summary
Council reviewed the police department’s AB 481 annual report on military equipment, heard public comment, and renewed the city policy; staff reported no new acquisitions apart from a drone and no sustained complaints or policy violations for the reporting year.
Staff presented the annual AB 481 report on police military equipment and the council renewed the city’s policy and ordinance covering possession, use and acquisition of such equipment. Lede: The Gonzales City Council on Aug. 18 conducted the required community meeting under AB 481 to review its police department’s annual military equipment report and voted to renew the city’s existing ordinance and policy for another year. Nut graf: Staff told the council the department has not acquired military equipment in the last year except for a hand unmanned aerial system (drone); the report listed nine semiautomatic rifles…
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